http://dir.salon.com/topics/lying/?source=rss&aim=lying en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/04/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/04/keillor/index.html?source=rss When you're spinning a story you have to know when to make your exit. One little detail can throw the whole thing off. By Cary Tennis Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/17/reference/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/17/reference/index.html?source=rss I got put on the spot and lied for him once, but I can't do it again. By Cary Tennis Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/14/lying_about_drinking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/14/lying_about_drinking/index.html?source=rss My wife thinks I've been sober for the past seven years, but I've secretly been drinking. By Joe Conason Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/31/bush_lies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/31/bush_lies/index.html?source=rss Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled. By Heather Havrilesky Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/12/22/cheating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/12/22/cheating/index.html?source=rss David Callahan explains why Americans lie more now than they did in the '50s, '60s or '70s. By Heather Havrilesky Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/12/22/liar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/12/22/liar/index.html?source=rss From weapons of mass destruction to Jayson Blair, we trusted them -- and they punk'd us. Why do we keep coming back for more? By Cary Tennis Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/col/tenn/2002/01/08/tennis_11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/col/tenn/2002/01/08/tennis_11/index.html?source=rss I lied about past infidelities, and now I want to tell the truth to my true love. Will she accept it, or will she leave me in the dust? By Margot Nightingale Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/25/click_on/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/25/click_on/index.html?source=rss My son discovers porn and I resort to subterfuge. By Lauren Slater Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/07/05/slater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/07/05/slater/index.html?source=rss Stung by a pan in the New York Times, an "illness memoirist" defends her art. By Paolo Bacigalupi Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/17/china/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/17/china/index.html?source=rss In a nondescript rural restaurant, an expat is humbled by a local's worldly honesty. By Robert Burton, M.D. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/bob/1999/11/01/dr_bob/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/bob/1999/11/01/dr_bob/index.html?source=rss A new survey suggests many physicians will fib to get around HMO restrictions. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/col/keil/1999/10/19/lying/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/col/keil/1999/10/19/lying/index.html?source=rss My teenage son is surfing porn sites on the Web and lying to me about it. Which offense is worse? By Heather Donovan Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/08/05/shayneworcester/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/08/05/shayneworcester/index.html?source=rss My children believe in tooth fairies. Do I have to tell them about the murder across the street? By Tyler Thoreson Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/09/24/24feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/09/24/24feature/index.html?source=rss While students increasingly sue professors for less-than-gushing recommendation letters, professors are subtly crafting their criticism in calculated ambiguities.